Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-15
QUEER CUSTOMERS
Tho Kind of People One Meets In South'
western Missouri.
Arkansas Traveler.l

western Missouri.
i Arkansas Traveler.l
Southwestern Missouri has developed
/ n type of careless individuality little
different from the conventional uncon-
cern of the "old-time" Arkansaw squat
fer. A traveller on horseback, who had
been out all day in the chilling rain.
stopped late in the night at small
stone house situated on the top OF n
bleak Knob. After the traveller had
shouted until he feared that his throat
had been permanently damaged, the
door was opened with y creak that
echoed down the hollow.
"NIister, Z" the travel began, II am as
wet as dog and ~
"Must NV leen in the rain" the ma
tive broke in. opening the dooy little
wider and polsing out his head little
farther. -,
ayes, since o'clock this morning. I"
"Got er putty carly start, l low"
'sPsetty early. Yes I've been cut in
the rain since O'Clock, and"
"Rainin' when you started 1 reckon. }"
"Yes. but my business was so urgent
that l had to leave"
"What business are you ln?"
"I am large dealer in salt and
"Reckcn that about all yer've got
with yer is melted by this time"
"Got none with me, Of course. My
friend, l don't like to put you to any
inconvenience, but you SEQ"
"kain't say that ! DO. Mout ct 1t
wasn't so ALFRED dark.
81 say, you must know"
"Didn't. Yer said see:"
"Well, that makes no difference. l
am as wet as a dog, and am very cold,
and if You can't do anything else for
me let me come in and give me a drink
of water, for l am as dry as a powder
horn"
Thought yer WIZ ez wet e@ er dog.
81 am
"rhcn how ken yer be ez dry ez CT
powder-horn?
"Hcre, let lis do away with these
quibblcs. 1 am il distress and want
you to help me.
"Don't be no ways back'arGs, hep
yc.se'f."
"Yoc are certainly a tough Gus
TONER"
CHATS what Eli Bragg, the miller,
says when nc tries to cheat me-
~ don't care cent what Eli Bragg
"AIe nuther."
"Looll here"
"Wan."
"NIag 1 get off my horse and come
in?"
"Eff yer come in I reckon yer'll have
to git often yer horse"
"Well, in case l coma in what mast |
do with my horse?"
Leave him outside, I reckon"
Haven't you got any shelter for your
stock %
NO
doesn't the bad weather nearly kill
them?"
NO.
GLOW do You account for it?"
CAIN ! got no stock"
Haven't YOU got as much as a smoke
house 10 give shelter to my horse ?nr
"Got no smoke-house. All the smoke
we want we get i'll here. "
Suppose L lead him through this
gate and turn him loose in the lot?'
Cali right"
The traveller turned his horse loose
and entered she house. The host raked
the chunks together. and soon a bright
blaze sprans up in the ggnat fireplace.
He did not stop at this small attempt
to make his guest comfortable, but
brought him a Chunk" Of corn :rad
and the boiled foot Of hog.
II am deeply thankful to YOU"
"Not er tall"
~ suppose there is room enough in
the lot to enable my horse to walk
around and keep warm?''
30, vas.
II am glad that wasn't compelled to
/ tie him, fearing that he might break
/ loose and go back, sixty miles, t, the
1 place from where / started this morn
ing. I have LIST my road, but doubt
less he knows we'll enough where he is.
He is Very valuable animal. So kou
say he's got plenty of room? 2"
so, yes s.
How many acres are there in the
! lot 9"
Don't know"
Glow far across from one fence TO
another?'
! 81 don't know J didn't make but
one fence. There mout be esnother
one, but l amt seed it VT Reckon
there's one summers twixt here an the
State line. Don be. in er hurry Wv,
+ never seed CT mum in sick q, swivel.
N,y'n't Itell yer? Wy, dad blame yer
ugly pictur', yer didn't AK ne. Must
be Ell blame fool ter think that I ken
tend to yore business an rhine too.
Goodby."
/ Dutch Care OF Birds,
1 The worthy nutchmen who settled
on the banks of thn Hudson, ,,.n,., ,..,,.